THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB Series is Returning to Disney+ and the Studio Has Revealed the New Cast

The Disney Channel variety show that discovered young talent like Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Ryan Gosling and Keri Russell, is returning with a new group of Mouseketeers. The project comes from Fulwell Entertainment, with production starting this month in LA.

The pilot features 11 new young actors including Hudson Stone, Casey Trotter and Brooklynn Pitts, who all star in Disney’s upcoming Camp Rock 3, Erianthe Akaata (Young Rock), Scarlett London Diviney (TheLion King), Michael Cash (Black Rabbit), Yonas Kibreab (Elio), Varonica Mitchell, Kauani, Scarlett Grace Petty and Carter Barnes.

Disney said that the show will be a “showcase for today’s most talented young performers, where music, innovation, and self-expression take center stage”.

The Mickey Mouse Club, created by Walt Disney himself, started as a stage show in the 1920s before its original run on ABC between 1955 and 1959, which featured two of Mickey Rooney’s sons. It was rebooted between 1977 and 1979 as a syndicated series that featured Lisa Whelchel, who went on to star in NBC’s The Facts of Life, before being revived by the Disney Channel in 1989.

That run, which ended in 1996, featured a host of Mouseketeers that went on to become households names. In addition to Spears, Timberlake, Aguilera, Gosling and Russell, who joked in 2023 that she was “literally the least talented one there”, the group also included Nsync’s JC Chasez, En Vogue’s Rhona Bennett, Awkward’s Nikki DeLoach, pop star Chase Hampton and Steven Universe’s Deedee Magno.

It was briefly revived in 2017 under the name Club Mickey Mouse for digital platforms including Facebook and Instagram.

I loved The Mickey Mouse Club when I was growing up, and I plan on showing this new version to my kids.